00:00The Act of Union of 1840 is a constitutional law passed by the Parliament in London.
00:05It was sanctioned by Queen Victoria on July 23, 1840 and came into effect on February 10, 1841.
00:12This law created a single colony under the administration of a governor, the province of Canada, also called Canada
00:18-United.
00:19Legislative power is held by the Parliament of the Province of Canada, comprising the Legislative Assembly, the lower house, which is elected,
00:26and the Legislative Council, Upper House, appointed.
00:30Governor Charles-Edouard Poulette Thompson established the capital at Kingston.
00:34Reformers in Eastern and Western Canada quickly joined forces around the issue of ministerial responsibility.
00:41which marks the first debates of the Parliament of Canada.
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